§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, East)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state in detail the estimated effect on the Church Fund of the proposals in the Tithe Rent-Charge (Ireland) Bill, and also the estimated total net capital loss to the Fund which would be caused by the provisions of the Bill; and, whether the Irish Government had before them any Treasury statement as to the financial effects on the Church Fund of the proposals in the Bill before the Bill was drafted and submitted to the House of Commons.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURA statement on this subject is being prepared and will be laid before Parliament before the second reading of the Measure. The financial effects of the proposals in the Tithe Rent-Charge Bill were carefully considered both by the Irish Government and the Treasury before the Bill was introduced.